Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-18
Nature and Fashion Demand Song,
Sunshine and Beauty, for the
Easier Awakening.
Hair Stripes, FlOWered Stripes, Greek
Squares in Spring Silks, Trim
mings and Ornaments.
Housekeeper's Want COnsidered-Pud
ding Recipes from Boston Cooks
Notes, EIc.

from chilling blasts and cold ceremeuts
the embryo life is cherished. Finally the
sumbeams WOO with warm glances and
the song birds in musiC's own language
enticc the tender child. ShyIy it comes
forth arrayed in delicate hues to witness
the resurrection miracle in which each
year rei0lces. Womsn in her love of the
beautiful watches the unfolding, and the
tints so suggestive Of life and beauty be-
come d law to her in the selection Of her
ad0rniDgs, hence the apple green, the
moss gray, the lilac and the delicate pink,
which show in her attire that spring is
here. Young girls with delicate COM
plexiOus surround their fair faces with
the apple ana sea foam shades, until one
almost fauCics there Is waited from the
old orchard under the hill breaths Of the
frelgbted fragrance which childhoOd's
memories associate with the gnarled
trunk Of many tree.
Lent in the fashionable world means
the folding away of the pretty bail dress,
and rest for sOciety'S subjects. 1t also
means time to collect forces for the
spring campaign, which on Easter shall
be marshaled and give dress parade to
waiting spectators. The Easter bonnet IS
the first anxiety, and all else is subsidiary
10 its requirements. little blrG ha
whispered that Paris milliners, mindful
Of TIE GAZETTE'S protests, are trying to
effect a compromise in the high bonnet
question by placing the point OF high Of
tense further back, directly over the sum-
nit Of the crown. This negatives the
use Of bows, and the ribbons, lace and
feathers are thrown together to have the
same effect as before, but with sensible
decrease in height, while well simulated
butterflies and butterflies wings take the
place of the birds, the use Of which has
been so condemned.
Models fOr summer bOnnets sent over
from Paris, are made OF silk etamine;
Persian geuzs in eXquisitely lovely tints,
ana ZEPHYR six muslin embossed with
raised velvet figures. The brim OF the
bonnet is covered with dark velvet iG
black, gOIGun-brOWn, terra GOTTA, or
japanese red, and the gaTGituTes are light
aigrettes and Grape flowers. Pretty day
bOnnets to be worn al O'Clock teas, etc,
are Of fancy rough straw trimmed with
velvet aHd hign mOHtures Of French
flowers, and alaO Of dainty nets worked
with COlOred beads Ia shaded effects, and
ccQuettish shirTed silk bOnnets trimmed
with gold or silveT-pOwdeTed algrettes
and sprays Of white lilac in softestvelvet
Huge butterflies, bOtn Of bronze and gold
powdered geuZes, are again useu upon
summer bOnnets by leading milliners.
Straw round hats in dove color and mush-
room shades are trimmed with golden
brown piC0t velvet, ribbon loops mixed
with gOlden-7rOWn tuiIe, into which are
set large plaques of sCaTletJapan peoples.
B0nnet5 for spring are also OF lace ia
oil @ = Iul+ r 10 RI
the designs are worked over with silk in
bright COlors. The lace or embroidery
matches the COS ume. The genre for
these bOnne5~, which Gre without strings,
v that they have neither flowers, plumes
nor ribbons, but are simply trimmed with
the lace Of which they are made. The
latter is IL al widths, and is arranged IN
loops in truus Of the head. These lace
bonucts are in pointed capOte shape.
SPRING SILKS.
India silks aad French fOUlsrds are
largely imported Tor house dresses in the
spring and for general wear in summer
The old designs oi flowers, palms, and
Persian arabesqu2S are aoaIn shown, Dui
the new fancy Is for pisids, bars and
stripes n ,hese silks very similar in col
oring to those of cotton or wool goods
The violet blue silks will have irTegu ar
bars Of pink and green, the darkest blue
grounds VIII be crossed with white or
with red, and brown VIII alternate with
ecru as ground or as fgEres. The inch
square piaids are thought handsOmest in
light COlOrs, the dark grounds look
well IN rdtHul large or extremely fine, /
small crossings of contrasting bars. Tn
striped designs are most varied of all, !
one of the best new patterns be- !
i0gr iur wi Of fua
white specks, with blue, brown, green, |
gray or duh red stripes of the same
width separating them. The hair stripes
OF Iastyear are repested, but have become
monotOnOus, IS they are in all kinds of
fabrics. FlOweTed stripes are very effeC- /
tive in leaf OF lily -Cf-the-valley patterns, !
or in slender vines of gay small buds
partly blown. Greek squares and the
Zi2Zag of chuddsh stripes are also shown /
A great deal Of French foulard is in the |
market, bat this has worn so badly that
it has lost favor, and merchants are too
much given 70 callingit India silk because
the latter is more durable. White India
silk, with all over patterns OF graceful
liueS in blue, brown or scarlet. will make
pretty summer dresses, and there are
many Vatican and pompadOur designs of
roses and piGkS il pale and charm
ing cOlors. The surahs, with large
wide diagonal twils, are shown in all
solid colors and IN many plsids, some of
the prettiest being dark blue crossed with
pink and lighter blue, Suede with bars Of
rose and green, and green grounds barred
with pink. These are to be made up in
entire dresses-not in combinaton-With
velvet collar, vest and cuffs, and seal
Ioped drspery on lower skirts bordered
with velvet, or else folded in exceedingly
wide plaits with velvet inlaid between
rHarper's BaZsar.
HOUSE DRESS.
A simple pretty fashion for the house
toilette is a dress of soft wool fabric, |
the skirt full, the draperies irregular, |
many pleat the front breadth in st the |
waist, leaving the sides of it to hang /
straight or caught up slightly on the left, |
the back drapeTy very full and pleated on
the sides or cut shorter in the middle and |
coming ia points TO meet the required /
length of the front The cOrsage has !
loose Jacket fronts which spread open !
widely and show s sagglBg vest of rep .
silk of the same shade Is the dress ma
terlal The back is q sshort postilliOn,
and the collar, cuffs and the straps which .
button tne Jacket fronts al the top are Of
silk The skirt is flushed st the bottom
with 8 narrow peating.
FRINGED TRIMMING.
Among the lengthy list of beautiful all
wool fabrics is g pretty white chuddah-
cloth, with fine 6rete or herriDg-bOne
weave, and stylish way to trim dresses
of this material is to border the panels,
tunic and portions of the bodice with
,laotad ruchiupS of friDopd silk Another